LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man accused of attempted murder after allegedly driving a vehicle with his mother as a passenger into a lake has been declared mentally incompetent.
A Douglas County District Court judge ruled Wednesday that Jeremy S. Williams, 22, should receive treatment at Larned State Hospital, according to court records.
He was charged with second-degree attempted murder after a caller reported seeing a car drive into Lone Star Lake on Feb. 25, prosecutors said.
The caller helped Williams’ mother out of the car after she appeared unable to remove herself because of a broken leg, Douglas County Sheriff’s officials said. She was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and cold exposure.
Williams’ case will remain pending while he receives treatment.